Turned into a pattern by moderator puffery.

Right-wing media eagerly spread absurd claim that Obama plans to "ban sport fishing"

Seeded on Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:55 PM EST (Media Matters for America)

Following the lead of an ESPNOutdoors.com opinion writer, who provided no evidence for his claim that a federal strategy "could prohibit U.S.

politics, republicans, espn, obama, fox-news, michelle-malkin, conservative, right-wing, sport-fishing, teabag-party

Rasmussen flooding the zone

Seeded on Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:50 PM EST (Daily Kos)

Those are radically different numbers, in three governors races that haven't been extensively polled.

governor, senate, illinois, politics, 2010, polling, co-gov, il-sen, il-gov

Thin-skinned Chief Justice didn't like criticism of campaign finance decision

Seeded on Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:42 PM EST (AMERICAblog)

John Roberts has a very thin skin. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is peeved that the President criticized the Supreme Court's campaign finance decision during the State of the Union:

politics, gop, obama, john-roberts, chief-justice, robert-gibbs, glenn-greenwald, scous, ideological-agenda

Breaking News: Costa Rican Legislature convenes emergency session to ban Limbaugh

Seeded on Tue Mar 9, 2010 9:00 PM EST ()

Country united in not wanting right wing hatemonger; OAS sends out advisory calling for similar action

politics, limbaugh, conservative, right-wing, hatemonger, coasta-rica

34 Of 41 Senate Republicans Supported Passing Major Domestic Policy Legislation Through Reconciliation

Seeded on Tue Mar 9, 2010 8:48 PM EST (Think Progress)

As the outlook on passage of health reform improves, Republicans have shifted to a new obstructionist strategy: attacking the process of reconciliation. Republicans claim that reconciliation was only intended to be used for bills dealing closely with the budget.

politics, gop, reconciliation, republican, conservative, right-wing, obstructionism, tea-bag-party, heath-reform

Marco Rubio Helpfully Illustrates the Vapidity of Today's Republican Party

Seeded on Tue Mar 9, 2010 8:39 PM EST (Firedoglake)

It's pretty clear Marco Rubio is going to be the Republican candidate for US Senate in Florida.

bush, senate, florida, politics, rubio, reagan, republican, conservative, right-wing, palin

Majority rule lost in senate rules scheming

Seeded on Tue Mar 9, 2010 4:13 PM EST (The Washington Post)

Ask a kid who just took civics how a bill becomes a law and she'll explain that Congress takes a vote and, if a majority supports the bill, the bill goes to the president. That's what we teach in textbooks, but it's not what we practice in Washington.

politics, republican, filibuster, conservative, right-wing, cloture, minority-party, 60-votes, majority-rule, rule-xxii

Patriotic myths strip history's complexity

Seeded on Tue Mar 9, 2010 4:01 PM EST ()

Now that signs are starting to appear on utility polls summoning the Tea Party to its annual IRS protest, I find myself mulling creation myths like those surrounding the Boston Tea Party and the settling of the West.

politics, irs, republican, conservative, right-wing, boston-tea-party, sons-of-liberty, teabag-party, spectator-sport

E.J. Dionne Knocks Down Orrin Hatch's Talking Points on Reconciliation

Seeded on Sun Mar 7, 2010 7:33 PM EST (Crooks and Liars)

On Meet the Press, E.J. Dionne and Orrin Hatch continue their argument that started on the op-ed pages of the Washington Post. More on that from Steve Benen:

senate, politics, washington-post, reconciliation, filibuster, david-gregory, meet-the-press, orrin-hatch, health-care-bill, ej-dionne

Hope-America-Fails Republicans' terrified of positive jobs news

Seeded on Sun Mar 7, 2010 7:25 PM EST ()

Friday's unemployment numbers were nothing to write to mom about, but they will create fear in the hearts of Republicans who hope America fails because they desperately want President Obama to fail.

jobs, politics, growth, republican, conservative, fear-card, america-fails, hyper-partisan, democrats-hope-america-suceeds

Doesn't It Seem Like Every Week Some Republican @!$%# Gets Caught Sending a Racist Email?

Seeded on Sun Mar 7, 2010 7:22 PM EST (Firedoglake)

"I don't care who you are, … this is funny." Thus began an e-mail that Walt Baker, CEO of the Tennessee Hospitality Association, sent to to a few friends, the president of the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau, and several members of the press.

politics, gop, racism, barack-obama, michelle-obama

Catholic Bishops Want To Change Senate Rules To Restrict Choice In Health Care

Seeded on Sun Mar 7, 2010 7:18 PM EST (Firedoglake)

The Roman Catholic bishops signaled Thursday that if agreement is reached with House leaders on anti-abortion language, the church would work to get the votes needed to protect the provisions in the Senate — and thereby advance the shared goal with Democrats of health care refo …

senate, abortion, politics, health-care, catholic-church, bart-stupak, budget-reconciliation

Climate Change Scepticism: A Carefully Crafted Political Ploy

Seeded on Sun Mar 7, 2010 7:16 PM EST ()

Recent media coverage of climate change scepticism and so called controversy within the scientific community is carefully crafted political opportunism. And it has been effective at altering public perceptions about climate change.

global-warming, politics, climate-change, lies, ipcc, misinformation

NY Times publishes op-ed with DADT "cohesion" falsehood that Times itself has debunked

Seeded on Fri Mar 5, 2010 9:35 PM EST (Media Matters for America)

The New York Times published an op-ed by former Air Force Chief of Staff Merrill McPeak falsely claiming that "proponents of allowing gays to serve openly have largely avoided discussion of unit cohesion." In fact, numerous studies have considered and debunked the unit cohesion m …

gay, politics, military, homosexual, dadt, dont-ask, falsehood, dont-tell

Block That Bill! A History Of The Filibuster

Seeded on Fri Mar 5, 2010 9:31 PM EST (Talking Points Memo)

The filibuster has long been part of our political fabric. Early on, both senators and House members had the ability to filibuster, but the word itself didn't get popular until the mid 1850s.

politics, democrat, filibuster, repubican, they-did-it, we-did-it-too

Republicans Now Even Block Judges They Like

Seeded on Fri Mar 5, 2010 9:28 PM EST ()

The Senate GOP is blocking the confirmation of even those Obama judicial nominations that Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee supported unanimously.

politics, president-bush, senate-judiciary-committee, george-w-bush, president-george-w-bush, patrick-leahy, senate-gop, keenan, judicial-nominations, democratic-majority

After Supporting Medicare Cuts Through Reconciliation, Maverick McCain Now Opposes Them

Seeded on Fri Mar 5, 2010 8:57 PM EST (Think Progress)

Last night, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) introduced legislation preventing Democrats from using reconciliation to change Medicare spending.

medicare, conservatives, democrats, politics, mccain, republicans, reconciliation, right-wing

Insurers Set To Raise Prices, Walk Away From Consumers: Goldman Report

Seeded on Fri Mar 5, 2010 8:53 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

The market concentration for health insurance is so monopolized in some areas that insurance companies are willing to raise prices and lose customers in an effort to improve their bottom line, a leading insurance broker told Wall Street analysts on Wednesday

politics, business-news, price-competition, healht-insurance, goldman-steve-lewis, health-insurance-goldman, insurance-prices, lewis-insurance-rates-premiums, pricing-competition

Climate Change Legislation Isn't Dead — A New Bill Is Coming

Seeded on Fri Mar 5, 2010 8:26 PM EST (AlterNet.org)

Climate legislation is returning to the Senate's docket, and leaders on Capitol Hill are hoping that this version, a compromise bill spearheaded by Sens.

graham, global-warming, politics, climate-change, legislation, lieberman, the-hill, the-nation, cap-and-trade, weather-of-mass-destruction

GOP Lawmaker Demands Recall of Car That Drove Him to Gay Club

Seeded on Fri Mar 5, 2010 8:22 PM EST ()

SACRAMENTO (The Borowitz Report) – Anti-gay California State Sen. Roy Ashburn today demanded a sweeping recall of the vehicle that drove him to a gay nightclub this week.

gay, politics, gop, recall, republican, satire, homosexual, conservative

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Early Morning Swim: Rachel Maddow on Bart Stupak's Hijacking of Health Care Bill

Seeded on Fri Mar 5, 2010 1:23 PM EST (Firedoglake)

Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak (D) threatened Thursday to block health care reform (again) because it might allow federal money to subsidize abortion.

abortion, politics, health-care, hijacking, stupak, maddow

Is Taxpayer Money Being Funneled Through The Chamber Of Commerce To Kill Health Reform?

Seeded on Thu Mar 4, 2010 9:07 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, an umbrella lobbying organization for international corporations and big business, is one of the driving forces fighting to kill health reform.

politics, lobbies, cantor, tarp, health-reform, chamber-of-commerce

Mississippi: More Abstinence Education Proposed for the State With the Highest Teen Pregnancy Rates

Seeded on Thu Mar 4, 2010 8:56 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

Mississippi is the state with the highest teen pregnancy rate in the country. It has rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis among youth practically twice that of the national average.

politics, sex, mississippi, pregnancy, abstinence, chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea

Exposing the lies of Orrin Hatch and his fellow GOPers

Seeded on Thu Mar 4, 2010 8:52 AM EST (AMERICAblog)

Yesterday, the ever sanctimonious Republican Senator from Utah, Orrin Hatch, wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post trashing the use of reconciliation. But, as is typical with most GOPers, Hatch left out some key facts, including how often the Republicans used reconciliation.

conservatives, politics, gop, republicans, reconciliation, right-wing, hypocrisy, orrin-hatch, teabaggers, sanctimonious

Roger Ailes Admits That The White House Might Have 'Legitimate Complaints' About Fox News

Seeded on Wed Mar 3, 2010 3:26 PM EST (Think Progress)

Last September, President Obama appeared on five Sunday morning talk shows in one day to promote health care reform, but did not sit down with Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace — a snub that was considered "the first real shot from the White House" in its clash with Fox Ne …

white-house, politics, obama, fox-news, roger-ailes, axelrod

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Comments & Feedback

Jaywow, you and I disagree on many things, but I believe we have a common foe: idiocy. Your recent comments advising an author with regard to the new metavine policy were met with animosity and disrespect based solely on your disagreements on other threads. This is Idiocy. Said author is on my @!$%# list.

Keep the Faith and Keep up the Fire! Decurion_505 out.
— Decurion_505

Hi, JayWow. You were commenting on a seed by RobBallow, who was pretty snippy with me when I asked him for 'proof' of something he said was 'proven' (he's used the 'thanks for stopping by' on me a couple of times). Anyway, he insisted he never said that, but I added a comment at the end of the thread where I quoted his post and showed where he did, indeed, claim something nasty about Democrats was 'proven', without a source. I also wanted you both to know that I am not a 'he', but a 'she', and probably a couple of decades older than either of you. I must say, your manners are far better than Rob's.
— Andi-1045453

HERE'S A REAL SOLUTION FOR YA!

jaywow67A STATED --"word to those that want to attend town halls. If you are next to a person that want's to disrupt the meeting by their yelling, shouting or any other method and will not let others talk or the speaker speak. Take out your phone, tell them you are phoning the police/sheriff and asking them to escort that person off the place"

Wow! Didnt Hitler promote tactics like this to prevent free speech? Yelling is OK!
especially when your outraged at politicians.

We wont go quietly to the ovens!
— johnny-467898